Well, I’m here at PUSH 2005, and it’s off to a weird start. Intentionally, self-consciously weird. Cecily Sommers, the conference organizer, has appeared on stage with angel wings and a halo made from newspaper. She’s following our artistic entertainment, which is a tap dance and percussion troupe called Ten Foot Five. Her introduction to the two days of talks is punctuated/interupted/critiqued by an unintroduced man in black, who tells stories about the Egyptian guy who’s translating the Persian blog he wants to read. A little contrived, but certainly attention getting…
It’s interesting to get a sense for how my work might fit into this conference. The theme is “The Geography of Change”, which makes me feel pretty good about my presentation, which is typically map-filled. I’m now a bit less worried about being weird, and more worried about being predictable. Should be interesting…
The man in black has just eaten something that he claims is part of Albert Einstein’s brain. But hey, weird is good. And if the opening ceremony – which ended in a cocktail party featuring a fashion show – is any indication, it’s certainly going to be very, very interesting for the next 48 hours.
If you’re reading this blog and you’re at PUSH, a) please find me and say “hi”; b) let’s hang out in channel #push-the-future on freenode.irc.net…
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